The Latest, Most Effective Engineering and Construction project Management Strategies
Fully revised throughout, this up-to-date guide presents the principles and techniques of managing engineering and construction projects from the initial conceptual phase, through design and construction, to completion. The book emphasizes project management during the beginning stages of project development to influence the quality, cost, and schedule of a project as early in the process as possible. Featuring an all-new chapter on risk management, the third edition also includes new sections on:
Ensuring project quality
The owner's team
Parametric estimating
Importance of the estimator
Formats for work breakdown structures
Design work packages
Benefits of planning
Calculations to verify schedules and cost distributions
Common problems in managing design
Build-operate-transfer delivery methods
Based on the author's decades of experience in working with hundreds of project managers, this essential resource includes many new real-world examples and updated sample problems.
Project Management for Engineering and Construction, Third Edition, covers:
Working with project teams
Project initiation
Early estimates
Project budgeting
Development of work plan
Design proposals
Project scheduling
Tracking work
Design coordination
Construction phase
Project close out
Personal management skills
Risk management
